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Our Strategic Road Network Initial Report is the first stage in how we plan network investment with the government. It outlines our proposals for the next road period, how we intend to deliver them and what we aim to achieve. Our Strategic Road Network (SRN) Initial Report summarises: our performance over the current road period to-date research into customer, community and stakeholder prioriti…

We want to ensure our local communities can take full advantage of the opportunities on their doorsteps. In this section Throughout the six years of construction, we’ll need a range of people with the right skills.  We want at least 45% of our workforce to be recruited from within 20-miles of the project. We also want to create a higher-skilled community and improve training standards for buil…

We’re improving a section of the A63 Castle Street in Hull. Start date March 2020 End date 2026 Cost £355 million Latest updates Overview Documents View our diversions to find out how to get to local businesses. Latest updates 30 July 2025 Update on overnight closures – August 2025 We’ve successfully completed the most complex concrete pours required to form the base of the underpass, m…

This page sets out how we manage your rights to information, transparency and privacy. Your right to transparency Public access to the information we hold As a Public Authority, National Highways is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). This legislation obliges us to provide public access to the recorde…

These graceful, pioneering structures still form part of an escape from town to country, over 170 years after they were first built. Managed by National Highways and now leased to Sustrans on a long-term basis, they’ve been restored and maintained with care, in partnership with Bolton Council. This proud reminder of the North West’s industrial history now takes cyclists and walkers out to a connec…

Back Published 21 October 2024 Press Release News Work to open an extra lane in each carriageway of the M6 between Warrington and Wigan has now been completed - helping to improve journey times and reliability for the tens of thousands of drivers who use the route daily. At 6am on Saturday 12 October, National Highways lifted the traffic cones and barriers along the southbound M6 between jun…

Making journeys even safer with radar-based technology In this section What's happening We've upgraded motorways across the country with technology which detects stopped vehicles . Every existing motorway where the hard shoulder has been permanently converted to a live traffic lane (known as All Lane Running) now has the new radar-based technology in place. This new stopped vehicle detection …

Contact us if you have any innovative ideas which you think can help with our key themes and challenges Please complete the form below if you can help with our key themes and challenges. Take time to look at our innovation journey, a process you'll go through with us should your idea match our challenges. We'll be in touch as soon as possible. Innovation hub - keep in touch Name Email Conta…

Stay in the know on the Historical Railways Estate. Celebrating 200 years of rail with our first-ever viaduct open day As part of our Railway 200 celebrations, we opened up the recently restored Chelfham Viaduct near Barnstaple to the public Read all about the event Latest makeover Wheatley Viaduct Extensive restoration and repair work on the impressive Wheatley Viaduct is now complete. In …

Published 15 Feb 2024 Together with ground engineering specialists BAM Ritchies and Aecom , we're trialling Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot across a number of South West locations. Share this article We're using Spot's dog’s eye view to capture information in difficult-to-get-to locations on our network, such as: steep banks culverts under bridges and other structures The innovative tool g…